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Ed Today: Rahm Emanuel's Full-Day Kindergarten Push; Trouble For Renaissance Charter Schools

Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.28.2013 | Politics
Read More: Chicago Public Schools, West Virginia Schools, Dropout Prevention, Arne Duncan, Rahm Emanuel Full-Day Kindergarten, School Closure, Education, Rahm Emanuel, Charter Schools, Education Reform, Joy Resmovits, Charter School Accountability, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Dropouts, Kindergarten, Joy Resmovits on Education, Politics News
Joy Resmovits

Chicago Full-Day K? In the midst of much bitter infighting over school closures in Chicago, Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett are announcing an initiative that is perhaps aimed to quell the melee: all CPS schools will have full-day kindergarten, reports the Sun-Times. "The change will make full-day kindergarten available to 30,700 children next fall -- 4,200 more than this school year," the paper reports.

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Who Is the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 06.16.2012 | Impact
Read More: Steve Mariotti, Entrepreneurialism, Creativity, Latinos, Small Business, Hispanic, Estelle Reyes, Bill Gates, Entrepreneurs, Scholarship, Hispanics, Business, Los Angeles, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Nfte, Socioeconomic Class, Hayley Hoverter, Education, Columbia University, American Dream, Mark Zuckerberg, Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Baby Boomers, Dropouts, High School Dropouts, Impact News
Daniel Cubias

Studies imply that more than 80 percent of dropouts would have stayed in school if they believed it was more relevant to real life. Learning how to run a small business can help kids see how their core classes aren't just cruel tortures from adults.

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Diane Ravitch Calls Herself A Voice For Teachers, In A Cruel Reform Movement

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.26.2012 | Home
Read More: No Child Left Behind, Degree, Career and Technical Education, Education, College, Diane Ravitch, George H. W. Bush, Schools, Teachers, Teach for America, Vocational Education, Dropouts, Interns, Home News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Robyn Gee Professor Diane Ravitch is a big voice in education policy and a huge critic of No Child Left Behind. Yet, as former Assistant Secreta...

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More Than a Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria Talks Activism

Avital Andrews | Posted 02.20.2012 | Green
Read More: Clean Alternative Energy Program, Children, Epa, Beso, Agriculture, Green, The Harvest, Shine Global, Producer, Seasonal, Recycling, Regulations, Farms, Volunteer, Eva Longoria, Al Gore, Farmworkers, Dropouts, Poverty, Local, Gabrielle Solis, Pizza Fusion, Film, United Farm Workers, School, Greenville Project, Sustainable, Chefs, Las Vegas, Developers, Food, Construction, Fields, Health. Education, Pesticides, Eco, Immigrants, Retail, Hormones, Organic, Commercial Real Estate, Desperate Housewives, Inconvenient Truth, Philanthropy, Hybrids, Activism, Bill Clinton, Abc, Oregon, Toxic, Felicity Huffman, CARE Act, Laborers, Los Angeles, Gym, Portland, Fame, La Cosecha, Marcia Cross, Restaurants, Environment, Documentary, Ingredients, Ranch, Prop 87, Bottled Water, Hollywood, Green News
Avital Andrews

Eva Longoria, who plays the self-involved Gabrielle Solis on ABC's Desperate Housewives, takes on extracurricular projects that set her far apart from her shallow onscreen persona.

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Arts Education = Safer Schools and More Prosperous Communities

Kristen Paglia | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Children's Art, Education, Art, Catterall, Education Reform, School Violence, High School Dropouts, Art Education, James Catterall, Arts Education, Dropouts, Arts Advocacy, School Safety, Slidepollajax, Arts News
Kristen Paglia

This week my kids' public elementary school, a high performing school in a "good" neighborhood, was in lockdown (again) for violent intruders on campu...

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Continuation Education Deserves A Place In Reform Conversation

Robert Denham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Alternative High School, Mccain Education Reform, Continuation Education, Dropouts, Home News
Robert Denham

Even when given appropriate funding, great teachers and high standards, not every child flourishes in a traditional classroom or school.

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Latino Graduation Lags, Some Schools May Be At Fault

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Graduation Rate, Andrew P. Kelly, Hispanics College, Kevin Carey, Latinos College, Hispanic Graduation Rate, Latino Graduation Rate, Mark Schneider, Diplomas, Dropouts, College News

With Latino Americans expected to make up more than 20 percent of the college-age population by 2020, most policy makers recognize that it will be nea...

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